^{"SONAR BANGLA" (Golden Bengal) - a poem in Unicode Bangla font by Santwana Chatterjee on WBRi Online Bengali Magazine.}

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29 July’10, Mumbai: You have heard him a million times, and still find his voice as refreshing as a new bud chuckling on a sunny day. His songs like badan pe sitare lapete hue.., aae gulbadan…, choo lene do nazook hoton ko..are like those gems that one would like to treasure for his whole life. He is the one name whose voice suited every genre of music. He is the legendary singer - Mohd Rafi.

Shemaroo Entertainment pays a tribute to the legendary vocalist on his 30th Death Anniversary which falls on 31st July’10 and offers his fans selected nuggets from his vast repertoire.  Best of Mohd Rafi (12 VCD pack), The Immortal Collection - Mohd. Rafi (6 VCD Pack), Ultimate Unremix Mohd. Rafi (2 DVD Pack), ‘Duets of Rafi – Ultimate Unremix’ (2 DVD pack) and ‘Duets of Rafi – The Immortal Collection’ (6 VCD pack) have some of his best songs with the original videos. The fun of watching celluloid stars like Dev Anand, Dilip Kumar, Shammi Kapoor, Jeetendra, Rishi Kapoor and many others lip syncing to Rafi Saab’s voice is out of this world.

WBRi Washington Bangla Radio's list of top 10 Bollywood Hindi Songs MP3 Download for the month. In July, CHASE enters at #10, LAMHAA is at #9,

1.
HOUSEFULL (2010) soundtrack: O Girl You Are Mine by Tarun Sagar, Alyssa Mendonsa, Loy Mendonsa; Music: Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy >

2.
HUM TUM AUR GHOST (2010) soundtrack: Dekho Raste Mein by K K, Shreya Ghoshal; Music: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy >

3.
Paathshala (2010) Soundtrack: Aye Khuda Mujhko Bata by Salim Merchant; Music: Hanif Sheikh

4.
JAANE KAHAN SE AAYI HAYE (2010) soundtrack: Keh Do Zara This by Rashid Ali; Music: Sajid-Wajid >

5.
RAAVAN (2010) soundtrack: Beera Beera by Vijay Prakash, Mustafa, Kirti Sagathia; Music: A R Rahman >

6.
Bird Idol by Kailash Kher, music: Sangeet Haldipur and Siddharth Haldipur >

7.
Badmash Company (2010) soundtrack: Ayaashi by K K, music: Pritam >

8.
MUSKURAKE DEKH ZARA (2010) soundtrack: Sai Bol Re by Kay Kay; Music: Ranjit Barot >

9.
LAMHAA (2010) soundtrack: Madno by Chinmayee and Kshitij Tarey ; Music: Mithun >

10.
CHASE (2010) soundtrack: Ankahi Si by Vasundhara Das; Music: Udbhav Ojha >

A series of Spanish poetry recitations accompanied with musical performances will be held during the new edition of the unique Poetry in Concert program to be held from 27th to 30th July, 2010.

2010 marks the premiere of  "new house" in the Spanish Theater - which is an exciting happening for Poetry in Concert enthusiasts everywhere.

Teresa Sebastian, who has famously composed and performed her wonderful "Poesi­a en Concierto - Tagore" (Tagore Poem In Concert), will perform in, and is also the Artistic Coordinator of, the event.

Washington Bangla Radio is glad to present the entire original poem and an English translation of Teresa Sebastian's poem "Tagore" as well as a live recording of Teresa reading her own poem "Tagore" with musicians J.C. Blancas on electronics/keyboards, X.Paixarino on the flute and Niraj Kumar on the Tabla.

July 23, 2010 (Washington Bangla Radio) Friday Night Live (FNL) are very exited to present two amazing shows this week.

Friday 23rd July @ The Big Ben:
FNL with THE MAINAK NAG CHOWDHURY FOLK ENSEMBLE
9 PM - 12 AM

Monday 26th July @ The Big Ben:
MONDAY BLUES with THE CARLTON KITTO ENSEMBLE
8 - 10 PM

These are free entry/no cover charge shows at The Big Ben, Kenilwoth Hotel.